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Cold turkey

noun

A blunt expression of views.

Complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent. "She quit her job cold turkey"

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"Cold turkey" Quotes from Famous Books

... I shan't be able t' eat any o' the rest when I'm through with the turk'!" sighed Spike, a little reproachfully. "My, but I'm hungry! Strange how hungry cold turkey makes ...

— The Definite Object - A Romance of New York • Jeffery Farnol

... turkey hunters were eating their breakfast of cold turkey a doe, followed by a fawn which was still in the spotted coat, walked out on the open prairie within fifty yards of them and gazed at them ...

— Dick in the Everglades • A. W. Dimock

... on the other side of the table as the old woman left the room. "I didn't think to tell her to bring cold turkey and strawberry preserves and fruit cake, but she remembered that I didn't eat much lunch, and she is always trying to tempt my appetite. She's the best old soul that evah was. Oh, Miss Sarah, I'm so glad you came. I haven't had a pah'ty like this for ages. Heah! I'll let ...

— The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation • Annie Fellows Johnston

... in the day, and when we reached Medora he was not in a presentable condition. I forget now how he had earned his name, but no doubt he had come honestly by it; it was a part of his history, as was that of "The Pike," "Cold Turkey Bill," "Hash Knife Joe," and other classic ...

— Camping with President Roosevelt • John Burroughs

... did eat my breakfast upon a cold turkey pie and a goose, and I did send for a cup of tee (a china drink) of which ...

— Daddy-Long-Legs • Jean Webster